Corn-husker.



. MILLER.

CORN HUSKER. APPLICATION FILED MAI/31.1911.

Patented Jan. l5, 1918,

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A TTOHIVEYS 6.1. MILLER.'

CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYSI. 19H.

11.953.510@ l Paten-ted .1an.15,1918.

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n says Gustave L, MILLER. or euiiusno, iLLiuoIs.

CORN-Human, i @sa i To all whom z'zf may concern 2 Be it known that I, Gus/invii L. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Geneseo, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Huskers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in corn huskers, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified, which is especially adapted for permitting the ears to be snapped or broken from the stalk after they have been hushed without strain on any part of the hand.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iinproved husker in place on the hand;

Fig. 2 is a side view, with parts in section;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the plates detached, with a part-broken away;

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the huslrer;

Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the husler used as a breaking device;

Fig. iis a section on the line 7-7 of Fig.`

6, looking in the direction of the arrows ad jacent to the line. f

In the present embodiment of the'invention four plates 1, 2, 3 and 4 areA provided of semi-rigid material. and a plate 5 of thin pliable material, vand the said plates are con` nected in a manner to be presently described.

Each plate 1, 2, 3 and 5 is secured to a sheet of flexible material, as, for instance, leather, the plate 1 being connected to a sheet 6, the plate 2 to a sheet 7, the plate 3 to a sheet 8 and the pliable plate 5 to a sheet 9. The leathersheet 6 is adapted to underlie the plate 1 and to .extend beyond the saine upon the front ofl the wrist, partially encirclingthe wrist, and a strap 10 is secured to one edge of this sheet, the free end of the strap being adapted to engage a buckle 11 on the opposite edge of the sheet. rlhe sheet 9 to which the pliable plate .5 is secured is adapted to lie upon the back of the wrist, and the said sheet, together with the sheet 6, completely underlie the plates/1 and 5.

A strap 12 is secured between the plate 1 and the sheet 6, and the said strap is adapted to pass between ythe thumb and the hand and around the thumb, and through a slot 13 in a curved extension 14 from the'plate 1, and to then bend back upon itself and pass aboutJ `the bask .ef the han@ t@ an engagement with Patented dan. 15, 1912.

c i Application iled May 31, 191'?,r Serial No. 172,060.

a buckle 15 on the sheet 8, the said buckle being at one end of the sheet. V

A third strap 16 is secured to the outer end of the plate e to be presently described, and the said strap is adapted to pass back of the hand to engage with a buckle 17 at the outer end of the sheet S. The plate 1 is bent or curved to iit the base of the thumb and the adjacent portion of the palm of the hand, while the thin plate 5 is bent to iit the base of the thumband the edge of the hand and to extend over the back of the hand for some little distance from the thumb, as will be evident from an inspection of Fig. 5.

The plate 1 has a husking hook 1S which is bent over and backwardlv upon the plate,

the bill ofthe hook pointing toward the wrist, and the said hook, when the husker is in place, is at about the base of the thumb, as shown in Fig. 1. The plate 2 has a lug 19 at its inner edge, and this lug is provided with openings 20 for `engagement by a screw 21, to pivotally connect the lug to the plate 1. The plate 1 has an additional opening 22, and the openings 20 and 22 provide for adjustment between the plates. The screw 21, as will be evident from an inspection of Fig. 2, is between the plate 1 and the sheet 6. Y

rI`he plate 3 has an angular portion 23 which fits upon the inner face of the plate 2 at the outer edge thereof, and the said angular portion is adj ustably connected with the plate 2 by means of screws 24, which engage slots 25 in the angular portion of the plate 3, and openings 26 in the plate 2. It will be evident that by loosening the screws the plate 3 may be adjusted with respect to the plate 2 to lit the hand ofthe user. The plate 3, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3, iits against the inner side of the hand, from near the inner end ofthe palm to about the connection of the little finger with the hand. The outer end of the plate 2 is curved, asshown at 27, to fit the inner face of the little linger when the said finger is curved, and this curved portion is provided with transverse corrugations 28 formed by embossing or indenting the inaterial of the plate, and the free end of the curved portion of the plate is bent over toward the palm of the hand, as shown at 27, to form a blunt edge, not, however, of sumeient curvature to be a hook or claw. rlhe outer end of ,the plate is also curved @utw iai Crt

, up blade tion v27 of' the plate 2, and cooperates therewardly slightly, "as shown at 80, to pei'init :tree movement of the fingers.

The plate e is a strapoigbar,Yadjiistablyconnected at its inner end to the plate 2, the outer end being connected to the strap 16 before mentioned. rlChe adjustable connectionrvbetween the plates and #l comprises a rivet 3l which pivotally connects the plate t to the plate 2, and a screw 'which engages versely to lit this portion of the hand, ant` 1 intermediate its ends'the plate has Va vstruck '33t which opposes the `curved porwithy in snapping or in grasping the ear of corn' after it has been husked. 4 Y

It will be noticed from an inspection oat Y F ig. l that the plate l is notched' deeply. as

shi'iwii at 34 in Fig. l, at about'the middle otthat side edge adjacent to the'V plate 2.

This permits the portions on opposite sides of the notch to' be curved at different radii. The plate 5 is of metal sutliciently pliable to lpermit it to conform to the shape and movement of thel hand. y

The" entire device forms an instrument by which the liusks are stripped fromE the ear,

Y land by means of'v which the corn may be brokenV or snapped from the stalk,Y without undue straiii on any part of the hand.

In use, with'- the parts in the position shown in Fig. l and adjusted to the hand,

vthe husk is torn from the ear by the husk ing hook 1S, after which the ear is grasped between the blade 33 and the curved portion 27 of the plate 2, and is snapped from the stalk.l Biitlittle eli'ort is required to snap the ear from the stalk, and the strain in so snapping the ear is evenly distributed at five points, that is, the up' curved portion 27 of the plate the transverse plate at, the downward side `of the and the strap l0. j

By removing the plates 2, 3 and l from the plates l and 5, as shown in Fig.'6, that is,

by removing` thescrew 21,'the device `may beused as a snaj'iping device for breaking or snapping eais from the stalk without'removing the husks," as, for instance,in` the"v picking'of green sweet corn and in snapping field corn for feeding. liththis'arrangement one end of a strap 36 -is connected to Ithe lug 19 by means of a bolt and nut 37, (it) the other end of the strap beingengaged with the bucklel 15. This strap` passes around the wrist at'the base of the thumb as shown, and'tlieear may be grasped between the curved portion 27 of the plate Q and the blade 33 of the plate 4.

plate' 3, the sheet 5,

I claim i l. A device of the character specified, coinprising a plate s hapedto lit. the palm of' the hand at the wrist and the base of the thumb and having a. husking hook near the base of the thumb, a second plate pivotally con-- nected` to `tl e first plate at the sideremotc from the husking hook, said plate being' of `a Vlength to extendapproximately to the first joint of the little finger and being curved to fit the bent finger, a Vthird plate. adapted to fit alongside the edge ot' the hand remote froiir the thumb kand havingan angular extension adj ustably connected to he second plate, a bar adjustably connected to the second pl'a-teat the side adjacent tothe thumb and adapted to extendibetween the thumb and the tore-finger and having a plate extending toward the fingers, and means for securing Vthe de jice inplace, sundry ofthe;

them and the hand. Y f

2. rr'device of the character specified. complates having shields of leatherbetweeir prisiiig a plate curved to tit the'base of' the` palm and base otl the thumb and-havinga husking hook, a second plate pivoted to the first Vplate at tliecornersA of the plates remote from the thumb, said second plate'being of a length to extend to approximately the first joint'oftlie little finger and being curved to fit the-finger when bent, said second plate having i a vdepending extension at the inner side of the hand, a bar connected to said second plate at the side `adjacent to the thumb and'u havinga plate opposing the curved portion of the second plate, and

means for securing the plates:- in placeon the'hanld. i Y i 3. A device of the character specified,Y comprising a platecurved to fit the base'of the palm and base of the thumb and having a husking hook, a second plate pivoted to the first plate at the cornerslof the plates remote frointhe thumb, said second plateY beingof a length to extend to approximately the first joint ot the little `finger andwbeing curved to fit the fingerwhen bent, a. bar con-A nected with said second plate at the side adjacent to the thumb andThaving-a blade' for cooperating with the curved portion of the plate, Vand means for securing the plates on the hand;

4. A; device of vthe character specified, i

cinnprisinga plate curved to fit thebase ofthe palm and base ofthe 'thumband having a huskingfhook, a second plate pivoted to the lii'st plate at the corners of the plates remote from thethumb, said s'ecoi'idplatem being of a 'length to extend to approximatelythe first j cint of the little finger and being curved to fit the finger wheirbent, said second plate carrying at the side 'adjacent to the thumb a blade for cooperating withthe curved portion, and means for connectiiigthe plates to the' hand.

5. A device of the character specied, comprising a plate curved to fit the base of the palm and base ot' the thunib and having a husking hook, a second plate pivoted to the first plate at the corners of the plates remote from the thumb, said second plate being of a length to extend to approximately the first joint of the little linger and being curved to lit the linger when bent, said second plate carrying at tlle side adjacent to the thumb a blade for coperating With the curved priion, and means for connecting the plates to the hand.

6. A device of the character speciied, comprising a plate having means for secur ing the same on the hand at the inner edge olf the hand, a plate having an extension lying along the side of the edge of the hand to hold the plate at the side edge of the hand, said first named plate having a curved portion shaped to fit along the inner face of the little linger when the hand is partially closed, and carrying a blade at the opposite side from the second plate for cooperating with the curved portion of the rst named plate for snapping corn.

7. A device of the character specified,

comprising a plate having means Afor securing the same on the hand at the inner edge of the hand, a plate having an extension lying along the side of the edge of the hand to held the plate at the side edge of the hand, said iirst named plate having a curved portion shaped to it along the inner face of the little finger when the hand is partially closed.

S. A device of the character specified comprising a plate having means for securing the same on the hand at the inner edge of the hand, means in connection with the said plate for engaging the edge of the hand to hold the plate at the side edge of the hand, said irst named plate having a curved p0rtion shaped to fit along the inner Jface of the little finger when the hand is partially closed, and carrying a blade at the opposite side from the hand-engaging means for cooperating With the curved portion of the irst named plate for snapping corn.

GUSTAVE L. MILLER.

fitnesses WVM. R. Hrn'rz, ARTHUR G. PoBANz.

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